Mourning card
Category
Ephemera
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper and cardboard
Measurements
Card - 114 mm (length); 78 mm (width), Envelope - 120 mm (length);80 mm (width)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 662767
Summary
A mourning card and envelope, both with a deep black edging. The card which opens from the right has 'IN MEMORIAM' in the centre of the front. On the inside, the left hand side reads as follows 'She has gone from this valley of tears, Her sorrows and sufferings are o'er, She has gone to the land of the blest, And now reigns on the happier shore.' On the inside, the right hand side reads as follows, 'In Affectionate Remembrance of MARTHA The beloved wife of Fred Middleton of BENTLEY, Who died 15th October, 1882, Aged 30 years. Interred at the cemetery, Doncaster, October 19.' Envelope embossed at open edge 'Bisat Stationer, Doncaster. Total number of items is 2.